UNIT VI: Veterinary Microbiology, Pathology, Parasitology and Pharmacology
Aetiology, morphology, life cycle, transmission, pathogenesis, symptoms, lesions, diagnosis, treatment, control and prevention of bacterial, viral, fungal, Chlamydial, ricketsial diseases of livestock, poultry and zoo/wild animals. Classification and growth characteristics of bacteria, important bacterial diseases of livestock and poultry, general characters, classification of important fungi. Nature of viruses, morphology and characteristics, viral immunity, important viral diseases of livestock and poultry. Viral vaccines. Antigen and antibody, antibody formation, immunity, allergy, anaphylaxis, hypersensitivity, immunoglobulins, complement system. Aetiology of diseases and concept, extrinsic and intrinsic factors, inflammation, degeneration, necrosis, calcification, gangrene, death, atrophy, hypertrophy, benign and malignant tumours in domestic animals. General classification, morphology, life cycle of important parasites, important parasitic diseases (Helminths, Protozoa and Arthropods) of veterinary importance with respect to epidemiology, symptoms, pathogeneses, diagnosis, immunityand control. Detection and management of antiparasitic drug resistance. Concept and cause of disease in animals; General principles and procedures of necropsy; collection, preservation and dispatch of morbid materials for laboratory diagnosis, disease investigation; Veterolegal cases, writing of post-mortem report, notified diseases; General pathological conditions in bacterial, viral, fungal, Chlamydia, Ricketsial, parasitic diseases, neoplasm’s, nutritional, metabolic, toxic, allergic and autoimmune diseases of livestock, poultry and zoo/wild animals; Emerging and re-emerging diseases of livestock. Drug/hormone/vitamin action/adverse reaction on various organs/systems of the body; Veterinary Chemotherapy; Veterinary Toxicology; Pharmacokinetics; dose, routes of administration, absorption, distribution, biotransformation and excretion of different drugs; General approaches of diagnosis and treatment of toxicity/poisons caused by metal, non metal, plants, weeds, drugs, agro chemicals, venom bites, sting bites and residue toxicity; Pharmacodynamics – local and general anesthetics and antidotes;Antibiotics and chemotherapy.